Nov 25 2008
The Mouths of Babes
Have you ever heard the old saying “out of the mouths of babes”? No one has ever finished the saying so I do not know how it ends but I think it means children tell the truth. Sometimes children see the truth when adults can not.
I had picked up my granddaughter, Dakota, for a week-end visit with her grandpa and me. We were driving from her house when she began to tell me how she had found an injured baby squirrel in the road in front of her house. She had wrapped the squirrel in paper towels and placed it in the garage. The squirrel later died of its injuries. When Dakota returns home she is going to make a sign asking drivers to slow down and put it by her driveway. Dakota asked me why people just don’t slow down. I do not know how to answer her question because I don’t know why drivers are in such a hurry anymore. The speed limit in her neighborhood is 35 but some drivers go much, much faster. In the afternoon children play in the streets on skateboards and bikes. Joggers run alone the edge of the road getting their exercise. I am very surprised no one has been hurt or killed yet. If they only left a few minutes early they would not have to rush to where ever it is they are going in such a hurry.
